Q: Is 3,446,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,446,400 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,446,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 48 50 60 64 75 80 96 100 120 128 150 160 192 200 240 300 320 359 384 400 480 600 640 718 800 960 1,077 1,200 1,436 1,600 1,795 1,920 2,154 2,400 2,872 3,200 3,590 4,308 4,800 5,385 5,744 7,180 8,616 8,975 9,600 10,770 11,488 14,360 17,232 17,950 21,540 22,976 26,925 28,720 34,464 35,900 43,080 45,952 53,850 57,440 68,928 71,800 86,160 107,700 114,880 137,856 143,600 172,320 215,400 229,760 287,200 344,640 430,800 574,400 689,280 861,600 1,148,800 1,723,200 and 3,446,400, with no remainder.

Since 3,446,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,446,400, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).